Washington, DC – President Donald Trump decided to host Republican lawmakers at Camp David this weekend to chalk out a legislative strategy for the election year 2018 and beyond. According to the White House, the President is hosting “bi-cameral Congressional Leadership for a small-group discussion of 2018 legislative priorities and the successful passage of tax cuts and reform.”

“We have a lot of things to work on, a lot of things to accomplish,” Trump said before boarding Marine One from the White House for Frederick County. “We’re going to Camp David with a lot of the great Republican senators, and we’re making America great again,” he added but didn’t take any shouted questions from the media.

The White House provided a readout of the first “productive meeting at Camp David” on Friday (no press coverage) saying, “The discussion centered on the important economic and national security priorities of the 2018 legislative session. The group discussed the recent successful passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and noted that immediate benefits for millions of Americans including bonuses and lower energy rates are just the beginning of the law’s positive ramifications.”

The discussions were focussed on the shared priorities to shape the 2018 legislative agenda and the White House noted that these would be outlined in the President’s State of the Union Address at the end of the month.